Determinants of iodine deficiency in school children in different regions of Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 133-137

  Cherinet, A ^a   Kelbessa, U ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; IODINE; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034343107     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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